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Author/Anchor/Speaker/Moderator. Founder, Dharma Media Consultants
Column: Restricted Socials
Column: Restricted Socials
Australia became the first country in the world to ban social media for kids, even as more countries mull similar actions. Can India ever follow suit?
Column: The 2026 Playbook
Column: The 2026 Playbook
The past year has imbued us with important lessons that pave the path for our rejuvenated, refreshed, and resolute selves in the new year
Column: Criminals At Large
Column: Criminals At Large
We cannot be serious about creating a safe environment for women in India if rape and murder accused roam the streets scot-free
Column: An unequal world
Column: An unequal world
The World Inequality Report comes at the right time to jolt us back to the sordid reality of how wealth is concentrated in a few hands
Column: IndiGo(ne)!
Column: IndiGo(ne)!
The recent Indigo catastrophe exposes vulnerabilities in India’s aviation sector; an Achilles heel that could be a harbinger of future crises
Column: Safety net
Column: Safety net
The Social Security Code finally brings succour to a vast category of the working class that has toiled for unicorns with a scant safety net of their own
Column: Youth in Distress
Column: Youth in Distress
The Indian youth has a mental health problem that is growing at an alarming pace. Effective mental health support at home, educational institutes, and workplaces are a must to stem the tide
Column: Return of Terror
Column: Return of Terror
The Delhi blast, along with a foiled terror plot, brings back haunting memories of a nation under a siege of panic. And the reverberations are being felt far and wide
Column: AI? Say so
Column: AI? Say so
The Indian government’s proposal to label AI content is a necessary precaution to safeguard consumer trust. Its practical implementation may, however, be a challenge
Column: Toxic fumes
Column: Toxic fumes
The annual Delhi pollution is crying for a lasting solution as citizens face health crisis every year
Column: Cut the Fat
Column: Cut the Fat
By 2050, over one-third of the Indian population is at risk of being obese. It’s time to get on that treadmill and tighten the waist
Column: The Millionaire Club
Column: The Millionaire Club
India is producing millionaires by the droves. Now we must harness that growth to create a larger impact
Column: Gender Snapshot
Column: Gender Snapshot
Climate crises and AI will upend women’s lives more than men; only effective global governance can propel corrective measures
Column: Safe streets, unsafe homes
Column: Safe streets, unsafe homes
Column: The Indian Dream
Column: The Indian Dream
Donald Trump may have crushed the American dream for highly skilled talent, but here’s what we can do to retain our youth on Indian shores
Column: Snooze To Not lose
Column: Snooze To Not lose
Column: The Great Friendship Recession
Column: The Great Friendship Recession
Column: Simplified Tax
Column: Simplified Tax
The revamped GST system that kicks in on September 22 will hopefully boost demand and consumption
Column: Safety First
Column: Safety First
Column: Not at play
Column: Not at play
Column: India@79
Column: India@79
Column: Of Friends and Foes
Column: Of Friends and Foes
Column: Supplementary action
Column: Supplementary action
Column: The Selective Public Eye
Column: The Selective Public Eye
Column: Breaking Duopolies
Column: Breaking Duopolies
Column: Escape Velocity
Column: Escape Velocity
Column: Job Crunch
Column: Job Crunch
Column: Brain Atrophy
Column: Brain Atrophy
Column: Mind The Gender Gap
Column: Mind The Gender Gap
Column: Not a Pinch of Salt
Column: Not a Pinch of Salt
Column: Man versus dog
Column: Man versus dog
Column: Trump’s Tariff Tantrums
Column: Trump’s Tariff Tantrums
Column: Not by Choice
Column: Not by Choice
Column: Know thy foe
Column: Know thy foe
Column: Blood and Water
Column: Blood and Water
Column: A Nation Mourns
Column: A Nation Mourns
Column: Outsmarted and Blue
Column: Outsmarted and Blue
Column: What's ailing Indian startups?
Column: What's ailing Indian startups?
Column: No AI Ghibli for me
Column: No AI Ghibli for me
Column: Angry and Distracted
Column: Angry and Distracted
Column: On the job
Column: On the job
Column: Be selfish
Column: Be selfish
Column: Stuck in the ‘middle’
Column: Stuck in the ‘middle’
Column: Lessons unlearnt
Column: Lessons unlearnt
Column: Act II Trump-corn
Column: Act II Trump-corn
Column: The toxic masculinity of Elon Musk
Column: The toxic masculinity of Elon Musk
Column: The AI Disruption
Column: The AI Disruption
Column: Union Budget 2025: Forget me not
Column: Union Budget 2025: Forget me not
Column: New year, new you?
Column: New year, new you?
Column: Fire and fury
Column: Fire and fury
Column: Ensure safety of the Fourth Estate
Column: Ensure safety of the Fourth Estate
Column: New year, new you?
Column: New year, new you?
Column: The woman to remember
Column: The woman to remember
Column: The spirit of giving
Column: The spirit of giving
Column: Four men and the law
Column: Four men and the law
Column: End child marriage
Column: End child marriage
Column: Not just Goa
Column: Not just Goa
Column: Act II Trump-corn
Column: Act II Trump-corn
Column: Gasping for breath
Column: Gasping for breath
Column: Right to die
Column: Right to die
Column: The passing of a titan
Column: The passing of a titan
Column: We need the Mahatma today
Column: We need the Mahatma today
Column: A pox upon us
Column: A pox upon us
Column: Not profits over people
Column: Not profits over people
Column: Kashmir - Paradise found
Column: Kashmir - Paradise found
Column: Can India feed the world?
Column: Can India feed the world?
Column: Desperately seeking allies
Column: Desperately seeking allies
Column: Women in India - Not yet safe
Column: Women in India - Not yet safe
Column: Listen to your genes
Column: Listen to your genes
Column: Olympic discomfort
Column: Olympic discomfort
Column: Budget 2024 - Hits, misses, & the forgotten
Column: Budget 2024 - Hits, misses, & the forgotten
Column: Nouveau Royale
Column: Nouveau Royale
Column: The Indian dichotomy
Column: The Indian dichotomy
Column: Are you moving enough?
Column: Are you moving enough?
Column: Not ‘NEET’
Column: Not ‘NEET’
Column: New Lok Sabha, fewer women MPs
Column: New Lok Sabha, fewer women MPs
Column: Janta, Jobs, and Joy
Column: Janta, Jobs, and Joy
Column: Urban voter apathy
Column: Urban voter apathy
Column: Drunk and driving
Column: Drunk and driving
Column: Climate change, what?
Column: Climate change, what?
Column: PDA not ok, please!
Column: PDA not ok, please!
Column: The inheritance of “tax”
Column: The inheritance of “tax”
Column: 'Twas ‘Incredible India’
Column: 'Twas ‘Incredible India’
Column: Packaged ‘bad’
Column: Packaged ‘bad’
Column: Civic action & community builders
Column: Civic action & community builders
Column: Age-defying fitness
Column: Age-defying fitness
Column: No water, no joy
Column: No water, no joy
Column: Jobless in India?
Column: Jobless in India?
Column: A financial career
Column: A financial career
Column: You better work, bi*ch!
Column: You better work, bi*ch!
Column: Furry matters
Column: Furry matters
Column: Policing the metaverse
Column: Policing the metaverse
Column: How deep is your love?
Column: How deep is your love?
Column: Fake it till you make it
Column: Fake it till you make it
Column: Buck the cull!
Column: Buck the cull!
Column: The Ram Brandwagon
Column: The Ram Brandwagon
Column: Mind matters
Column: Mind matters
Column: Overdosed!
Column: Overdosed!
Column: Farewell 2023!
Column: Farewell 2023!
Column: Looming water wars
Column: Looming water wars
Column: The Indian travel conundrum
Column: The Indian travel conundrum
Column: The deepfake problem
Column: The deepfake problem
Column: Sex Ed
Column: Sex Ed
Column: Dare to breathe?
Column: Dare to breathe?
Column: Remembering a ‘Friend’
Column: Remembering a ‘Friend’
Column: Competence, not slavery
Column: Competence, not slavery
Column: Love, don’t marry
Column: Love, don’t marry
Column: Mind, body, and business
Column: Mind, body, and business
Column: Protecting the Fourth Estate
Column: Protecting the Fourth Estate
Column: Ideal leaders
Column: Ideal leaders
Column: Women’s Reservation Bill - After 27 years, at last!
Column: Women’s Reservation Bill - After 27 years, at last!
Column: The road to gender equality
Column: The road to gender equality
Column: India/Bharat
Column: India/Bharat
Column: 2 bad teachers & a good one
Column: 2 bad teachers & a good one
Column: India@2047
Column: India@2047
Column: DPDP Act - The Good, the Bad, and the Worrying
Column: DPDP Act - The Good, the Bad, and the Worrying
Column: Never a Barbie
Column: Never a Barbie
Column: Hate Week
Column: Hate Week
Column: Deepfake
Column: Deepfake
Column: Manipur horror - A shameful act
Column: Manipur horror - A shameful act
Column: Mhow - Of wild cats, street food, and retirees
Column: Mhow - Of wild cats, street food, and retirees
Column: Censured in Kolhapur
Column: Censured in Kolhapur
Column: Sugar high
Column: Sugar high
Column: Cen(sus)-less
Column: Cen(sus)-less
Column: Safety derailed
Column: Safety derailed
Column: The loss of empathy
Column: The loss of empathy
Column: Sri Lanka - A year on
Column: Sri Lanka - A year on
Column: A new scam
Column: A new scam
Column: No reservation please!
Column: No reservation please!
Column: Dangal of sexual harassment
Column: Dangal of sexual harassment
Column: Quiet quitting
Column: Quiet quitting
Column: Erasing history
Column: Erasing history
Agency Reporter on LinkedIn: Congratulations Shutapa Paul of Dharma Media Consultants on being…
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Column: Menstrual leave
Column: Menstrual leave
Column: Unhappy nation
Column: Unhappy nation
Column: Lives snuffed out
Column: Lives snuffed out
Column: Love is love
Column: Love is love
Column: Hate the player, not the game
Column: Hate the player, not the game
Column: Set ‘em free
Column: Set ‘em free
Column: Rage in the air
Column: Rage in the air
Column: All is not well
Column: All is not well
Column: Who’s afraid of AI?
Column: Who’s afraid of AI?
Column: The Hindenburg effect
Column: The Hindenburg effect
Column: On my Budget list
Column: On my Budget list
Column: Break the silence
Column: Break the silence
Column: Sinking future (Joshimath)
Column: Sinking future (Joshimath)
Column: Stop shaming women
Column: Stop shaming women
Column: An end and a start
Column: An end and a start
Column: Acid attacks - Destroyed lives
Column: Acid attacks - Destroyed lives
Column: Upper class hubris
Column: Upper class hubris
Column: The future of money
Column: The future of money
'Nostalgia: a longing for the past'
'Nostalgia: a longing for the past'
NDTV musings
NDTV musings
Column: Watered down RTI
Column: Watered down RTI
Column: A crime is a crime
Column: A crime is a crime
Column: Startup layoffs - Is sorry enough?
Column: Startup layoffs - Is sorry enough?
Column: Morbi - A man-made tragedy
Column: Morbi - A man-made tragedy
Column: Phishing tales
Column: Phishing tales
Column: Keep 'em safe
Column: Keep 'em safe
Column: Take the pledge
Column: Take the pledge
Column: Rehabilitating #MeToo predators
Column: Rehabilitating #MeToo predators
Column: Marital Rape
Column: Marital Rape
Column: Stray incidents
Column: Stray incidents
Column: India's orphans
Column: India's orphans
Column: Stalker menace
Column: Stalker menace
Column: 'Merely? Not really!'
Column: 'Merely? Not really!'
Column: India's gaping gender gap
Column: India's gaping gender gap
Column: Employer overreach
Column: Employer overreach
Column: Digital creator boom
Column: Digital creator boom
Column: Health Check
Column: Health Check
Column: The 'L' Bomb
Column: The 'L' Bomb
Column: Say 'no' to single-use plastic
Column: Say 'no' to single-use plastic
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